More "Log-On" related questions

[Janina Sajka]

You can login as any user in any console.
You can log in as any user as many times as you wish.

It's up to you to keep track of where you've logged in and as who.

PS: The account we set up for you isn't just for mail. It's for anything
and everything you can do at a console.

W. Nick Dotson writes:
> In "Intro to Linux" Chapter 2, "Note
> Don't log in as root
>  ?
> 
> 
> Also in text mode: log in as root only to do setup and configuration that absolutely requires administrator privileges, such as adding users, installing
> software packages, and performing network and other system configuration. Once you are finished, immediately leave the special account and resume your
> work as a non-privileged user."
> 
> OK, I get this for safety, as I understand it, it's like being a "System Administrator" in Windows, because one can break the system in that mode.  So my 
> questions are:
> 1.  Other than rebooting, then logging on as the "user" Janina helped me create for "mail", is using "alt-ctl-f2" as good if I'm already logged on as "root"?
> 2.  If I were to log on as my username, could I still do root log-on in another console?
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> W. Nick Dotson
> Technical Support Group
> Senior Support Engineer for Kurzweil 1000
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

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